{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-17-79-501","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 17-79-501","heading":"Enactment of land use regulation.","body":"(1) Only a legislative body, as the body authorized to weigh policy considerations, may enact a land use regulation.\n(2)\n(a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), a legislative body may enact a land use regulation only by ordinance.\n(b) A legislative body may, by ordinance or resolution, enact a land use regulation that imposes a fee.\n(3) A land use regulation shall be consistent with the purposes of this chapter.\n(4)\n(a) A legislative body shall adopt a land use regulation to:\n(i) create or amend a zoning district under Subsection 17-79-503(1)(a); and\n(ii) designate general uses allowed in each zoning district.\n(b) A land use authority may establish or modify other restrictions or requirements other than those described in Subsection (4)(a), including the configuration or modification of uses or density, through a land use decision that applies criteria or policy elements that a land use regulation establishes or describes.\n(5)\n(a) A county shall publish on the county's website:\n(i) all of the county's land use regulations; and\n(ii) a fee schedule that lists all of the county's fees related to a land use application, land use permit, or land use regulation, including development review fees and impact fees.\n(b) A county may comply with Subsection (5)(a) by:\n(i) posting a link on the county's website to a separate webpage or third-party website where the land use regulations or fee schedule described in Subsection (5)(a) are posted; and\n(ii) submitting a new or modified land use regulation or fee schedule described in Subsection (5)(a) to the third-party website within six months after the day on which the legislative body adopts the new or modified land use regulation or fee schedule.\n(6) A county may not adopt a land use regulation or development agreement, or make a land use decision that restricts the type of crop that may be grown in an area that is:\n(a) zoned agricultural; or\n(b) assessed under Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 5, Farmland Assessment Act.\n(7) A county land use regulation pertaining to an airport or an airport influence area, as that term is defined in Section 72-10-401, is subject to Title 72, Chapter 10, Part 4, Airport Zoning Act.","path":["Title 17 Counties","Chapter 17-79 County Land Use, Development, and Management Act","Part 17-79-5 Land Use Regulations - General Processes"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title17/Chapter79/17-79-S501.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"8bb430c2ad7bb4877fc6d8a2ea741053cc06388f3ad70bd018370e5057dc9b01","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-17-79-408","next":"us-ut/utah-code-17-79-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}